Chitra Lekha Yadav

Chitra Lekha Yadav (Nepali: चित्र लेखा यादव), a member of Nepali Congress, assumed the post of the Minister of Education of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government.[2][3]

Chitra Lekha Yadav
चित्रलेखा यादव
Minister for Education of Nepal
In office
25 February 2014  12 October 2015
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterSushil Koirala
Vice PresidentParamananda Jha
Succeeded byGiriraj Mani Pokharel
Deputy Speaker of Pratinidhi Sabha & Interim Legislature
In office
May 1999  April 2008
Preceded byLila Shrestha Subba
Succeeded byShiva Maya Tumbahamphe
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
Nepali Congress party list
In office
4 March 2018  18 September 2022
Member of Constituent Assembly for
Nepali Congress party list
In office
21 January 2014  13 October 2017
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
May 1999  May 2002
Preceded byNarendra Raj Pokharel
Succeeded byRaj Lal Yadav
ConstituencySiraha 2
Personal details
Born (1965-05-28) 28 May 1965[1]
Siraha District
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress

Political career

Chitra Lekha Yadav was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[4] Yadav became its deputy chairman.[5] Nepali Congress divided vertically to two parties, one led by former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepali Congress (Democratic), and the other is led by Girija Prasad Koirala. After vertical split of the party, she supported Nepali Congress (Democratic) (which later reunified with NC).

Yadav is the NC candidate in the Siraha-2 constituency for the 2008 Constituent Assembly election.[6]

References

  1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. "18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held". My Republica. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  3. "Nepali Times | The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers". Nepali Times. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  4. Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Europa World Year Book 2005
  6. The Rising Nepal Archived 2007-07-26 at archive.today
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